3 papers in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2022-2023
Manchester University Press eBooks May 23, 2023 Cathy-Mae Karelse 1 citation
Levins-Morales's powerful quote opens this chapter: 'There is no neutral body from which our bodies deviate. Society has written deep into each strand of tissue of every living person on earth.' She sets the stage for an appreciation of how all bodies, ecosystems, organisations, institutions, and societies are shaped by the circumstances of their emergence. The notion is used to understand the...
Manchester University Press eBooks March 21, 2023 Ben Alderson-Day
This chapter looks at sleep as potentially one of the most powerful sources of presence. The presences that come with sleep paralysis are not like most of the presences we have met so far. These visitors are much more likely to be experienced in a negative fashion. The phenomenon of sleep paralysis acts as an important testing ground for many of the key questions around felt presence.
Manchester University Press eBooks December 31, 2022 Sharon A. Weiner
In dark times, dreams may be the site of both witness and resistance. Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–73) employed dreams as a critique of nightmare-producing conditions in patriarchal, amnesic post-war Austria. Her 1971 novel Malina centres around a set of horrific nightmares in which the female protagonist is tortured, silenced and murdered by a father figure. Within the narrative...